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Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
Filed: 2/28/2022
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5078
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5078 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by |
| 5 | | changing Section 3-664 as follows:
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| 6 | | (625 ILCS 5/3-664)
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| 7 | | Sec. 3-664. Gold Star license plates. Upon proper |
| 8 | | application, the Secretary of State shall
issue registration |
| 9 | | plates designated as Gold Star license plates to any Illinois |
| 10 | | resident who is the
surviving widow, widower, sibling, |
| 11 | | daughter, son, or parent of a person who served in the Armed |
| 12 | | Forces of the United States and
lost his or her life while in |
| 13 | | service whether in peacetime or war. The
surviving widow or |
| 14 | | widower and each surviving parent, daughter, son, and sibling |
| 15 | | shall be issued one or more sets of registration plates. |
| 16 | | Registration plates issued under this
Section shall be for |
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| 1 | | first division vehicles and second division vehicles
of 8,000 |
| 2 | | pounds or less. The Secretary may, in his or her discretion, |
| 3 | | allow the plates to be issued as vanity or personalized plates |
| 4 | | in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this Code. No |
| 5 | | registration fee shall be required from a surviving widows, |
| 6 | | widowers, parents, or children of persons widow, widower, or |
| 7 | | parent of a person who served in the Armed Forces of the United |
| 8 | | States: and
lost his or her life while in service while in |
| 9 | | wartime.
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| 10 | | (1) who lost their lives during World War I, World War |
| 11 | | II, or during any subsequent period of armed hostilities |
| 12 | | in which the United States was engaged before July 1, |
| 13 | | 1958; |
| 14 | | (2) who lost or lose their lives after June 30, 1958: |
| 15 | | while engaged in military operations involving conflict |
| 16 | | with an opposing foreign force; or while serving with |
| 17 | | friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict in |
| 18 | | which the United States is not a belligerent party against |
| 19 | | an opposing armed force; or |
| 20 | | (3) who lost or lose their lives after March 28, 1973, |
| 21 | | as a result of: an international terrorist attack against |
| 22 | | the United States or a foreign nation friendly to the |
| 23 | | United States, recognized as such an attack by the |
| 24 | | Secretary of Defense; or military operations while serving |
| 25 | | outside the United States (including the commonwealths, |
| 26 | | territories, and possessions of the United States) as part |